Recent content by pat in Santa Cruz

I love double clutching my crash box ******, but a lot of people just cant get it. What about a syncro ****** or even an automatic one, although I cannot imagine an automatic stuffed into that small std box.

I recently went through roller bearing failure for the third time. It seems they last 30,000+ to 40,000 miles, which means removing the transmission every 30K just to replace them, hopefully pre-emptively. That's a lot of work for a $10 bearing. These were the type with an axle that seats in a...

I unstuck valves in a 27 Lincoln by adding MMO to the oil (The correct percentage is stated on the bottle.) And into the gasoline.

its an F-100 box. They do adjust, but feel sloppy even when adjusted. As mentioned above, ask Randy Gross

I do service work for a collector in Santa Cruz who has a 1914 Jeffery with the big 6 cylinder engine. It's an amazingly well engineered car. One of the fascinating aspects of it is the starter: The flywheel is wound as an armature, and the flywheel housing is wound with field coils. It has four...

the one with the holes is a 31 cast iron drum. If its model A it is 11 inches. '32 and up were 12 inches. The guys are correct that cast and steel have differing friction coefficients and both drums (actually all 4) should be the same. Cast rear drums in 31did not have the holes, but they do not...

if its dried gasoline, a radiator shop chemical boil out will do it. But if its rust or old tank sealer, the baffles will prevent any large media from getting at all the rust or liner behind the baffles. The only way is to cut out the back of the tank and bead blast it. Then weld it back up. If...

if you put a shortened pittman arm on, not only will it steer more easily, but the tie rod and drag link will be further apart

you might want a rubber bellows to slip over your new shift lever

is the steering box full of grease or gear oil? grease will make it hard. Should be 600w, but since thats not really available and anyway they leak a lot, Pennrite steering lube is preferred.

thank you Steve and Jack. See you this afternoon. Beers on me

my august 31 SW has no manufacturers plate either. Its a briggs, but I only know that from the briggs bug on the dash rail framing and from the rear window registers

one of my new Coker Classic 6:50 16s blew out the side wall in Susanville today, on the grade to Alturas, along a 1000 foot drop off with no shoulder. Not funny. The tire has less than 3000 miles on it. 3/4 of the sidewall separated from the rest of the tire. I suspected that tire was bad, as it...

Thank you to everyone who offered help. That's what I love about old car folks, they're always there for someone who needs help. Will is gonna haul it back to San Jose as the differential is locked up and he was having overheating trouble with the engine too.

five cars leaving from Los Gatos Saturday morning. We'll see y'all at the meet